Movie Previews

In this sensational heist flick, four women fight the patriarchy by robbing it

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Veronica Rawlings (Viola Davis: How to Get Away with Murder) has made a happy life by blinding herself to husband Harry’s (Liam Neeson: The Commuter) work as an armed robber.
Until she gets a harsh dose of reality. Harry’s last job — the one that got him and his crew killed — involved robbing one of the biggest gangsters in the Southside of Chicago. The loot burned up with Harry and his crew, so the gangsters expect Veronica to pay them back.

A disappointed author writes her way to infamy in this fantastic drama

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Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy: The Happytime Murders) is good at her job, biography, but not at her profession. She’s uppity and standoffish with other writers, refuses to do radio or press for her books, berates her agent and drinks herself into scenes. Only her cat loves her.

The Sisters Brothers Charlie and Eli (Joaquin Phoenix: Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot; John C. Reilly: Kong: Skull Island) work as toughs and killers for land magnate The Commodore.
Charlie is content, but Eli wants a way out. He fancies a schoolteacher and has fantasies about leaving gunplay and blood for a little local store in a small town. Eli, however, doubts that violent and capricious Charlie can manage without him.

In what he says is his last film, Robert Redford reminds moviegoers why he’s a star

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Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford: Our Souls at Night) loves what he does for a living. The work has never lost its thrill. It puts spring in his step and a smile on his face. Everybody sees it; people describe him as “a happy guy.”
His secret: He robs banks for a living.

A dilapidated hotel holds more than dusty sheets in this hilarious thriller

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The El Royale on the California/Nevada border was once a hangout for gamblers and glitterati. But the hotel has fallen far, having lost its gambling and half its liquor license plus its appeal.
The bellboy wanders empty halls, watching the building decay.
Until one rainy evening four customers appear, each with a secret, all fighting for their lives in a building whose secrets make surviving the night more dangerous.

Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper: Avengers: Infinity War) is drowning. Every night he guzzles whatever booze he can find, swallows a handful of pills and strums his way through a bleary set of the country songs that made him famous.
When he stumbles into a bar and hears Ally (Lady Gaga: American Horror Story) sing, he recognizes her talent and is charmed by her shy, befuddled personality.

One tragic moment forever changes the lives of multiple people. Will (Oscar Isaac: Operation Finale) can’t cope after the tragedy ends his marriage to the love of his life, Abby (Olivia Wilde: A Vigilante). The event sets Rodrigo’s (Àlex Monner: Heavies Tendres) family on a crash course to disaster. And Dylan (Olivia Cooke: Ready Player One) grows up fueled by rage and self-loathing as a result of the incident.

Widow Stephanie (Anna Kendrick: Pitch Perfect 3) is a mommy blogger obsessed with perfection. She searches out healthy and delicious recipes for her son. She volunteers for every school activity. She crafts her heart out to cultivate the perfect Pinterest life.
But Stephanie can’t make friends. Other parents find her mockingly obnoxious.

In the 1960s, Mossad had the double role of protecting Israel as a sovereign nation and defending it from terrorism. So the report of an Argentinian sighting of the architect of the Final Solution, Adolph Eichmann (Ben Kingsley: Backstabbing for Beginners) falls to a distant third place. Until agents convince the higher ups that capturing Eichmann and trying him in an Israeli court will prove Israel’s strength.